Annual Student Soloist - Lovezzola Music Award

The annual Outstanding High School
Soloist Award is funded in large measure from the estate of
the late Michael and Norma Lovezzola.Mike played in the band’s clarinet section for 22
years and was active, in spite of a two year battle with
leukemia, right up until shortly before his passing in July,
2012.The
grandson of Boston's earliest Italian immigrants, Mike's father encouraged him
to take up an instrument at an early age. Excelling
in both music and academics, Mike entered Harvard at
age 16, played in the university band and graduated
Cum Laude. He received his M.D. from Tufts Medical
School.During the Korean conflict, he was the Chief Surgeon
at McChord Air Force Base.Mike worked as a civilian surgeon in the Spokane
Veterans Hospital from 1955 to 1966.Then he moved to Puyallup, where he opened his
private practice.Known to all as “Dr. Love”, he was the first surgeon in
Puyallup.His
kind, gentle, and patient manner endeared him to everyone he
encountered.